Meakan-dake
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| height | 1499 m | |
| location | Hokkaido Prefecture , Japan | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 '12 " N , 144 ° 0' 30" E | |
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| Type | active stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | 1998 | |
The Meakan-dake , ( Japanese. 雌 阿寒岳 , literally: "female Akan summit") is a 1499 m high active volcano on Hokkaidō in Japan . It is located in the district of Akan-chō in the north of the city of Kushiro in the prefecture of Hokkaidō .
The stratovolcano originated in the southwest of the 13 by 24 kilometer Akan caldera . Also within the Caldera the are 1476 m high Akan Fuji ( 阿寒富士 ) directly south of the Meakan and 1371 m high Oakan-dake ( 雄阿寒岳 , "male Akan-peak") in the Northeast. Akan Lake is located between Meakan and Oakan .
In historical times, of the volcanoes within the caldera, only the Meakan was active with weak eruptions . The last eruption in November 2008 resulted in smaller phreatic eruptions .
The Meakan-dake is one of the 100 famous mountains of Japan and is located together with Lake Akan in the Akan National Park . The remote, extensive and inaccessible area is developed especially around Lake Akan as a recreation area for onsen guests, hikers and campers.
Web links
- Meakan-dake in the Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English and Japanese)
- The Meakan-dake on a website of the Volcano Research Center of Tōkyō University (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Akan in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- ^ Eruptive History in the Global Volcanism Program (accessed March 19, 2013).